Carlo Corazzin


Giancarlo Michele "Carlo" Corazzin is a retired professional Canadian soccer player who played as a forward, and who represented Winnipeg Fury, Vancouver 86ers, Cambridge United, Plymouth Argyle, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic and Vancouver Whitecaps at club level. At international level, he was capped 59 times for the Canadian national team, scoring 11 goals. He is of Italian descent.

Club career

Corazzin began his career with Winnipeg Fury of the Canadian Soccer League in 1992, scoring 10 goals in 24 games and helping the team win the CSL Championship. In 1993, Corazzin signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the A-League on December 10, 1993, scoring 43 goals in 117 games over two-and-a-half seasons. In his final year with Cambridge, the team was relegated, and on March 28, 1996, Corazzin signed with Plymouth Argyle for a transfer fee of £150 000. In two-and-a-half seasons at Argyle, Corazzin scored 24 goals in 86 games.
Corazzin joined Northampton Town of the third division on June 26, 1998, netting 32 goals in 89 games over two seasons. Northampton Town were relegated in 1999, but with Corazzin's help, the club regained promotion in 2000.

Oldham Athletic

On July 28, 2000, after a successful CONCACAF Gold Cup with Canada, Corazzin signed with Oldham Athletic and scored 22 goals in 129 games over three seasons. His finest moment with Oldham came in a match against Wrexham when Corazzin scored 4 in a 5–1 victory in 2001, finishing it off with his trademark celebration "The Carlo Spin". He was also present in the side which made the 2002/03 play-off and scored the winning goal in that season's League Cup against Premiership side West Ham United.

Return to Canada

In 2003, Corazzin re-signed with Vancouver Whitecaps, where he scored 7 goals in a 13-game undefeated streak. Corazzin played with the Whitecaps for 3 years until he was released in 2006.

International career

Corazzin made his Canadian national team debut on June 1, 1994 in a 1–1 tie with Morocco. Corazzin scored the majority of his international goals between 1999–2000 and formed an effective striker partnership with Paul Peschisolido for Canada over the years. In 2000, Corazzin won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with 4 goals and was named in the best XI of the tournament as Canada won the competition for the first time. Corazzin played in all of Canada's three games at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Corazzin earned 59 caps for Canada from 1994–2004 scoring 11 goals, ranking him tied-seventh in the all-time scoring for Canada. He has represented Canada in 23 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in three FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns .
His final international cap was an October 2004 World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica, a game which also marked the end of the international careers of Mark Watson and Jason de Vos.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 January 1996Edison International Field, Anaheim, United States1–03–11996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
230 August 1996Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada3–13–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
312 October 1997Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Canada2–12–21998 FIFA World Cup qualification
48 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States1–02–12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
510 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States1–02–12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
610 October 1999Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States2–02–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification play off
713 February 2000Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States1–12–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
813 February 2000Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States2–22–22000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
920 February 2000Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States1–12–12000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1027 February 2000Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States2–02–02000 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1118 January 2004Bridgetown, Barbados1–01–0Friendly match

Honours

Club

Northampton Town F.C.
Canada
In 2012, Corazzin became an soccer analyst on the pre- and post-match shows of Vancouver Whitecaps FC radio broadcasts on in Vancouver.